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A biologist-reporter investigates his fungal namesake.
A new study of thousands links right-wing authoritarian attitudes and feeling one's life is more meaningful.
Just because the keto diet is an effective weight-loss tool doesn't mean everyone should try it.
One flew east, one flew west, eight shrinks flew into the cuckoo's nest.
New software makes lab work go much faster—and hastens the search for cures.
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a […]
How worried should we be about bacteria with an alcohol tolerance? Be afraid, be very afraid.
The White House shares its vision of what the U.S. and its allies can offer to North Korea in exchange for denuclearization.
We’ve been taking our eyebrows for granted. They may in fact be the thing that let us become the dominant species on Earth.
How psilocybin evolved has more to do with sending insects on terrifying trips than it does making Phish sound good.
Every week one of our brave editors dives deep into the Facebook comment section of our articles to mine for gems. Here's the best, most thought provoking, and wittiest comments of the week.
Every week one of our brave editors scours the comment section for gems. Did you make the cut?
We talked to a scientist who studies the afterlife and near-death experiences.
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Known as Cunningham's Law, it is the assertion that "the best way to get a right answer on the internet is to post a wrong answer." It turns out our impulse to correct a wrong online may outweigh our desire to merely give answers.
In The Road to Character, David Brooks argues that our moral vocabulary is severely lacking.
It takes "deliberate practice," though, to increase your odds of attaining success.
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A “needs statement” is the core element and guiding force for such an innovative endeavor, says Stanford Professor Paul Yock.
More helpful inhabitants call our bodies home than previously known.
While the battle over the next Supreme Court justice will be fought in the realm of bare-knuckle, high-octane politics, the daily business of the justices is often a good deal less partisan.
Scientists may be able to unlock the potential of a compound found in a common fruit, whose interaction with a certain gut bacteria helps ward off aging.
Researchers figure out what words would best help move people to support climate change policies.
Every year in Japan, a giant penis festival is held, while in America, Chrissy Teigen's nipple is banned. When will we get over our sexual Puritanism?
If you're binge-watching through the night, chances are you're not getting enough sleep. That means you're probably not nearly as productive or happy as you should be during the day. Take a crash course in story structure and self-control in order to quash your addiction.
In our culture, there are two diametrically opposed beliefs. The first is that we are powerful and strong creatures that have the ability to shape our biology and destiny in […]
It took Messier himself more than a decade to observe it, but the reward is a glimpse into the ancient Universe! Image credit: Daniel Verschatse, via http://www.astrosurf.com/antilhue/m55.htm. “The only thing […]
Why are today’s paparazzi so terrible? The combative relationship between photojournalists and their celebrity subjects seems to have become an all-out war as photographers look to capture content not already […]
“Paranoia’s the garlic in life’s kitchen,” remarks the central character, Maxine Tarnow, of Thomas Pynchon’s latest novel, Bleeding Edge. “You can never have too much.” Pynchon seasons his latest epic […]
Peter Ward: Not going extinct doesn’t mean you’re not going to be miserable, and by misery I mean, wholesale, enormous human mortality.